CVE-2019-3831 — vdsm: privilege escalation to root via systemd_run

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MEDIUM

vdsm: privilege escalation to root via systemd_run

Published Mar 25, 2019

6.7

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 1.03%

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in vdsm, version 4.19 through 4.30.3 and 4.30.5 through 4.30.8. The systemd_run function exposed to the vdsm system user could be abused to execute arbitrary commands as root.

Affected products

Vendor n/a Product Vdsm Default
n/a
- Version
  4.30.9
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

n/a

Vdsm

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
4.30.9	affected	-

Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.4 for RHEL 7

ioprocess-0:1.1.2-1.el7ev

Fixed · RHBA-2019:1965
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.4 for RHEL 7

safelease-0:1.0-7.el7ev

Fixed · RHBA-2019:1965
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.4 for RHEL 7

vdsm-0:4.30.18-1.0.el7rhgs

Fixed · RHBA-2019:1965
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

redhat-release-virtualization-host-0:4.2-8.3.el7

Fixed · RHSA-2019:0457
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

redhat-virtualization-host-0:4.2-20190219.0.el7_6

Fixed · RHSA-2019:0457
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

vdsm-0:4.20.47-1.el7ev

Fixed · RHSA-2019:0458

Product	Package	State	Advisory
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.4 for RHEL 7	ioprocess-0:1.1.2-1.el7ev	Fixed	RHBA-2019:1965
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.4 for RHEL 7	safelease-0:1.0-7.el7ev	Fixed	RHBA-2019:1965
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.4 for RHEL 7	vdsm-0:4.30.18-1.0.el7rhgs	Fixed	RHBA-2019:1965
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	redhat-release-virtualization-host-0:4.2-8.3.el7	Fixed	RHSA-2019:0457
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	redhat-virtualization-host-0:4.2-20190219.0.el7_6	Fixed	RHSA-2019:0457
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	vdsm-0:4.20.47-1.el7ev	Fixed	RHSA-2019:0458

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.03% 0.01029

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01029

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	1.03% (0.01029)	62.46th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	1.03% (0.01029)	62.18th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.95th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 25, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.27th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00044)	10.26th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.37% (0.01366)	45.16th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	3.20% (0.03197)	66.46th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	3.20% (0.03197)	66.14th	v1
Jan 5, 2022	0.73% (0.00731)	50.76th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.73% (0.00731)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

References (5)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3831
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1677108
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3831
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3831
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3831

Link	Providers	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3831		Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1677108		Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3831		x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3831
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3831